Reviews for The Curse of Lazar Castle
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CaRmillaPosted this review
One of the best addon maps!
I absolutely LOVE this campaign! :) The graphics, the atmosphere, the sounds, the music, the darkness, the puzzles, the themed weapons, the secrets and deadly traps, all the books around to read the story and get hints, the lenght of the map itself (5 solid long chapters), the custom tank theme! It's ALL great fun, especially with many players and I never ever get tired of playing it. Awesome job K! :) Also the author is a sweetheart so yeah, there is that too. This is the perfect map for the players that love puzzles and secrets on top of great graphics and atmosphere.
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CaptainCrap0000Posted this review
Great map
Just like what the recommendations said, play with people. The bots will definitely get killed as if they run into traps. I like the map as well but the only thing I didn't enjoy much is the difficulty. It took me at least 4 restarts to beat the game.
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Adeilson_avilaPosted this review
excellent map!
It was a great map for those who like challenges. Hardcore players aprecciate all this amazing work.
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You should have read the description & the reviews first before playing this. Some people provided some clues about this campaign that might help you from those troubles.
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thetargaryen
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Great Work!
nice design, detail enough, good athmosphere build, best bgm, although this map become hard because that trap and so much tanks loll, not recommend in single player but very worth play it with friends!
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EricChangPosted this review
The experienced L4D2 players with good cooperation must play this campaign.
Really funny and challenging campaign to play with friends, very well level design and atmosphere, I very like it.^^ In this campaign, the notes and books sometimes have very important imformations, such as how to find the way to open the door, find some supplies, and compelete the level. And there has some spikes and toxic gas traps in somewhere, make the campaign more funny and interesting. But tanks in the map are really make the campaign harder and more challenging. If I play in the single mode, I must be careful about the traps and make good use of supplies to fight the tanks. But when I play with friends, we can help each other and have really good cooperation, which make this campaign more fun and easier. I think playing this campaign with friends can prove the value of its fun.^^ After the last update, I almost found all of the secrets weapons and hidden items, thanks for Mahjones's video helped me to find them.^^ Relly excellent campaign, my friends and I enjoy it very much, nice work.^^
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BluecrescentoPosted this review
Stunning, atmospheric, a rare gem. Difficult and daunting at first, but well worth the challenge.
I felt it was about time I wrote this review for you! TLDR- Here are the highlights of my review. Pros: A deep, dark journey into an ancient castle riddled with secrets and traps. A large emphasis on clue-finding and paying close attention to your surroundings. The player is rewarded for going off the beaten path with unique melee weapons as well as supplies. The environments are beautifully detailed and full of variety Teamwork is heavily recommended, so bring some friends to fully enjoy this experience. Supplies are spaced out so you don't feel like you are drowning in throwaway items. Features custom music and ambience, unique models and other eye-candy. A long campaign with plenty of variety, challenges and unique content. Cons:(Most of these cons are alleviated after becoming familiar with the map) This map may not be easy to complete on the first attempt, it's easy to fall prey to deathtraps that you aren't expecting. The lack of ammo piles means that players can chew through ammo and be unprepared for tank events. If English is not your first language, you may struggle to understand the clues to certain puzzles. Playing this map solo is doable but not recommended for beginners, unless you are already familiar with the puzzles, ai survivors will often be downed by environmental hazards they failed to avoid, and a poorly placed SI can end your run in an instant. Recommended difficulty: Easy-Normal (Solo) Normal-Expert (Team) My experience with this campaign was staggered between multiple unfinished attempts until I finally managed to sit down and play from beginning to end with a team of players online. My love for this campaign's atmosphere kept drawing me back into it and I spent a great deal of time exploring the nooks and crannies of every mission, discovering a plethora of secrets that were carefully placed and satisfying to discover after much rigorous searching. This map has alot to offer for all soughts of players and I felt like the adventuring through a dark and imposing lair was immersive and exciting without feeling like the setting had overstayed its welcome. The Castle of Lazar feels as big as it looks from the offset, the creator has crafted an intricate world full of challenges in the form of zombie events, interactive puzzles that test your observational skills and journals that set the tone for the overarching story of the area. It's enjoyable to take your time and read through the journals that record events occurring behind the scenes that give a narrative tangent to the typical custom campaign, which follows a complex and multi-faceted timeline of events shown by multiple points of view. What the author has done with the tools they had available to them is nothing short of exceptional. Honestly, this campaign should be commended for doing something unique from other popular custom campaign styles, it's extremely difficult to pull off such an intricate l4d2 experience that can draw you in by its unique story-telling, puzzle-solving style and yet still feel like a worthy addition to the zombie-slaying game. It's by far no means a perfect gameplay experience as the first few attempts may be difficult at first, and the puzzles can block progress and leave you feeling stumped, but once you understand how the map thinks it becomes increasingly easy to adore its uniqueness. Personally I love playing through this map with some medieval/horror themed mods. You have really made something special here Derecksena, I hope I will get to experience more of your stuff in the future..
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TheH5N1Posted this review
Quirky, but solid map. Amazing Effort Derecksena.
I thought this was fun, but sometimes frustrating. It's pretty doable with bots IF you have a modded weapon or two. Also try United We Stand Co-op Mutation, but it's also true the AI director scales how many infected to send based on how well you kill them... My son and I usually make an advanced run with just one or two modded weapons (and not the ludicrous shotguns or pistols - unless the map is really f*%$&ng us) ... Usually the AK-12 and the super-baseball bat... then we might try expert and add a couple more guns that have a bit higher capacity like the "varmint" versions of the UZI's. I know some people might insist on doing things "pure" ... but these aren't stock maps, and there are ways to have fun with EVERY map. I for one, love that people are still making stuff for L4D. This map is also very entertaining to replace CI with Evil Dead Skeletons and replace the tank with the Dragon. :
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LilGPosted this review
Difficult but it's possible
Good A castle of evil,it's good to see a campaign based on that. Secrets to explore Teamwork is essential. Puzzles & traps. Custom music. Bad Ok I know you wrote it's for friends to tackle,I did it with a few friends as well as bots only but it's a matter of trial & error for solving the traps,like the one with the spikes or the poison. Maybe you could add hints on which switch to hit that's correct? Also the room with the spikes in the ceiling,my friends & I crossed it but it seemed to slow us down & even incapped a bot very quickly. The poison gas is lethal,can you add more health kits/defribs/respawn closets? We spent hours trying to clear the campaign. The hints about the night prince,what exactly are we supposed to do? It was fun but frustrating in places,even on normal.I'll try to do this with 3 other friends but it would be nice if you could make it a bit more bot friendly for those who can't get other people to play together at the same time. Keep up the good work.
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It's pretty doable with bots IF you have a modded weapon or two. Also try united we stand Co-op, but it's also true the AI director scales how many infected to send based on how well you kill them... My son and I usually make an advanced run with just one or two modded weapon (and not the ludicrous shotguns or pistols - unless the map is really f*%$&ng us) ... Usually the AK-12 and the super-baseball bad... then we might try expert and add a couple more guns that have a bot higher capacity like the "varmint" versions of the UZI's. I know some people might insist on doing things "pure" ... but there's ways to have fun with EVERY map and I for one, love that people are still making stuf for L4D. It's also very entertaining to replace CI with Evil Dead Skeletons and replace the tank with the Dragon. :D
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VictorngacPosted this review
One of the best campaigns :)!!!!
I played this map with bots, but unfortunately with bots it is a bit difficult to pass it, in advanced realism, but if it can be achieved (but you are late), I will say that it was one of my most favorite campaigns because of the difficulty, texture, the background sounds, and the mechanics of the story, was really good, I congratulate you too much for creating this kind of campaigns that are worth gold !!!, I wish you the best and that in the future you do well being better :).
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With bots it's almost impossible, bro. You're a champ. Try with one friend or two and you can beat even o expert realism. Alone is really tough. Well, thanks for your review, bro. Take care and stay awesome.
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SerenityRosePosted this review
could have been more
this map was fun but for me what killed it was a huge number of witches and tanks and the lack of much supplies. it just got annoying switching to a tier 2 weapon only to switch to a tier 1 weapon just cuz there were no ammo piles. and sorry but I don't mind traps on a map but not when the game makes it where you have to look for clues to get passed without dying and I'm sorry but that's hard to do when you're fighting SI or just CI. I made it to map 3 before I had enough and that was after skipping map 2 cuz I died cuz I didn't look for more clues. Do not play this map if you're not a big fan of stopping what you're doing to look for clues or fighting a lot of tanks and witches you will get tired/annoyed if that's the case. I give it a 2 out of 5 stars if it was for the big number of tanks and witches and if the whole clues on how to get pass traps were done better this could been a great map
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Every review is a diferent vision from the same thing. I'm not invaliding your opinion or your review. Also, i apreciate that you played, even if your experience was 'killed by the number of witches and tanks', but using this as argument, makes me see that some players, and when i say some i mean you, are comfortable with one or two tanks for map. I'm not comfortable with that and thats why i put so many tanks and witches on each map, becouse they works as barries at certains points, and if the player or the team dont know how to work together, then, all die, thats a fact. But, if you read the notes/diaries, you find out that many of the tanks can be avoided. Also, the witches can be avoided. I can put 100 witches on a map, but i surely will put a way so that the player can navigate without having to kill all witches. On the tanks side, i put a lot, a lot of molotovs. You put a tank on fire and thats it, you just have to wait he die. I just saying that this campaign was made to offer a new kind of gameplay. Everything that you pointed as a bad point, is in fact a new gameplay. No ammo piles. Use only scavenge weapons. TRAPS! Witches and tanks, at least 4 per level. This is not a fail on the design. This is what is supposed to be. But, as i said before, every point of view, is a diferent opinion.
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maybe someday i'll replay this map but as it stand this is how i feel about the map for now.
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yes i do but when i test a custom campagin there are 3 things i list. 1) how easy/hard it is to get to the next saferoom. 2) does the map required me to do something and how simple it is to do it.in the heat of battle with the undead. 3) is the map fair with supplies and SI spawns. i base my reviews off those 3 i don't wrtie my reviews to offend anyone and i'm sorry if you feel that way but i write my experience as well as those 3 things off my mental checklist. also if a map annoys me somehow then it'll effect how i see the map. i want to make this clear i don't think this is a bad map in fact i have played worst but i can't call it the best map to play. what i said in my review is what i experience. i hope that has clear up and problems you have with my review but if not then i don't know what else to tell you.
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Did you even read the campaign description?
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lo***uuPosted this review
Very hard campaign, need patience :D
Great game! Though it is very hard when playing with bots even in easy difficulty. I died many times mainly because of traps and a lot of special infected. I laughed very hard when the bots just die because of traps. I really enjoyed this campaign, the atmosphere was very good, it is challenging with new weapons which I like a lot like the morning star weapon, (I wish someone would make a weapon mod of that). Really great game. Thumbs up for you dude!
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Yeah, its not exactly a campaign made to play with bots. I made this to play with my friends, you know? The experience with bot will be twice as hard as if you was playing with humans. Anyway, thanks for you kind rewiew, bro. Take care!
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IndraEMCPosted this review
Very Hard Campaign
The campaign is great but it's too hard for single player, even on Easy. Not because too many tanks or witches, i can handle that but bot are practically killing themselves especially in the room where there is so many poisonous gas or spikes, and also traps, especially first time player, i died so many times not because i got pinched by Tanks but from traps.
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Did you even read the campaign description?
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Valentine_WongPosted this review
Dissapointing
This campaign would have been so great in many levels, it was the potential to become one of the best custom campaigns (at least in my opinion) alongside The Bloody Moors and Haunted Forest because it was that level of detail, atmosphere, good ideas and a really interesting background story but unfortunately everything gets spoiled by the HUUUUUGGE maps. I'm a fan of the vast areas to explore but if i have enough supplies to defend myself from the infected because let's be realistic, Left 4 Dead 2 is almost unplayable with the adition of the Charger and Jockey, and this map barely has some decent supplies (no ammo, no variety of weapons, no first aid kits in safehouse) and what makes it even worse is the constant spawn of Tanks and Witches, literally i killed about 4 Tanks in just one area (not map, in a single room). I like the adition of certain weapons like the "Hell Gauntled" it's very original but impractical because the infected can still hit me with no problem despite i´m swinging my weapon like crazy. If you could just reduce the quantity of Tanks and Witches and add more supplies throughout all the maps the campaign can get really improved.
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Nah, thanks. If i was going to make any changes on this campaign, it will be increase the number of events and reduce the numers of weapons. Please, before playing another new campaign, do yourself and 'everyone' a favor. READ the description of the campaign. There are some important information and also, it says if the campaign its hard or just normal. And if you think this map is huge, maybe is just you that dont know how to enjoy a campaign. About the weapons, none of then are mandatory. If they have a hit box that goes only foward and you dont know how to use, then dont. The map stays as it is. Thank you for nothing.
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ErrorUnknownGTPosted this review
Review
Whilst I loved the design and style, the number of bosses was overkill, and lead to an unpleasant experience on singleplayer, I'd really only recommend playing this with friends. Quite a lengthy campaign, can take about an hour to finish if you're not rushing. Obviously inspired by Amnesia, haha. Anyways I got a random server crash on chapter 4 after pulling the lever on the mausoleum, but I don't believe it was map related, but it happened either way, so I'll have to deduct a point for that. The bots will take massive damage at the start of chapter 3 sometimes, so I feel confident in saying this campaign wasn't designed with bots in mind, as I had a rather frustrating experience playing with them. Really unfortunate as I can tell a lot of love went into this campaign, but it's my honest opinions after playing it, a huge step up from Laberinferno btw.
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This campaign crashed when I played it. I think it crashed at the end of the third map when I tried to enter the Safe Room. This campaign has endless hordes of zombies. It doesn't have enough health kits, pipe bombs, bile bombs, and melee weapons. I'm sure a person would have a hard time playing this with human players.
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EmersonrickPosted this review
Amazing
Pros: The best exploration campaign I've ever played For the first time, an author rewards us for exploring every corner of this campaign and that's what's missing in other campaigns with room details All graphics, sounds, gameplay are wonderful The difficulty of this campaign does justice to the experience of each player Each trap is for learning and playing with 4 friends is even better because when someone sacrifices himself for the progress of others it is very good Do not change anything in this campaign, it is perfect the amount of items and weapons that we find along the way Thank you and Congratulations. Contra: Absolutely nothing
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Thank you, bro. You're too kind.
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Radzz
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very good, but not perfect map
it was a challenge campaign, but it was worth to play it. however the difficulty isn't very balanced, because in the safe room there is 0 to maximum 2 health packs and you can take massive amount of damage unexpectedly. overall i give 8/10 on this campaign, or 4/5 stars
This review was posted before the latest release.
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Try the updated version.
This comment was posted before the latest release.
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End of results.
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Another campaign I forgot to review
Edited: 12 days ago